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Archives for August 2016

Outdoor Water Usage in America

August 3, 2016

According to the USEPA "the average American family uses 320 gallons of water per day, about 30 percent of which is devoted to outdoor uses. More than half of that outdoor water is used for watering lawns and gardens. Nationwide, landscape irrigation is estimated to account for nearly one-third of … [Read more...]

Lawns

August 1, 2016

Lawns -- what are they good for? They provide a playground for sports activities and a place for a picnic table. But beyond that, I can't think of a thing they're good for. On the other hand, caring for a lawn is expensive, laborious, noisy and typically unhealthy not only for the caretaker, but … [Read more...]

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